Courses

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RSP 277 Respiratory Care Clinical Experience I 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: Admission to Respiratory program.

Student will work in hospital bedside care and pulmonary rehab environments under supervision, acquiring and evaluating clinical data, setting up equipment, initiating and performing prescribed therapies, delivering medications, teaching patients and evaluating effects. This experience will extend into the summer.

RSP 371 Common Acute Pulmonary Problems 3 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277 and RSP 374.

Study of etiologies and pathologies of critical respiratory abnormalities, disease and injuries from neonatal through geriatric. Effects of congenital defects, acquired conditions, traumas and multiple system failures upon ventilation and respiration.

RSP 372 Airway Care 3 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277, and RSP 374.
Airway management, including types of artificial airways, indication, sections, complications, patient safety and maintenance. Laboratory manipulation of airways, tracheostomy tubes and care, nasal, oral and endotracheal suctioning and aseptic technique.
RSP 373 Positive Pressure Therapy 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277, and RSP 374.
Application and effects of lung inflation with positive pressure. Lung compliance, cardiac output and shunts. Indications, goals, hazards, guidlines, criteria and application of various modes of positive pressure. Laboratory practice in setting up, monitoring and adjusting equipment for optimal therapeutic effect.
RSP 374 Respiratory Care Clinical Experience II 2 cr.
  • Offered: Summer
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277.
Student will work in hospital pulmonary lab environment under supervision, preparing equipment and performing diagnostic procedures studied in Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics class.
RSP 375 Mechanical Ventilation I 3 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277, and RSP 374.

Concepts of mechanical ventilation, early efforts and why they worked. Physiologic capabilties, indications, limitations of mechanical ventilators and factors affecting, shaping and controlling mechanical breaths. Classification of mechanical ventilators and making adjustments for desired effects.

RSP 376 Mechanical Ventilation II 3 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through 277, RSP 371 through RSP 375, and RSP 377.
Ventilator modes, sensitivities and interactions with patients. Neonatal ventilation and other special needs; selecting correct ventilator and mode. Ethical considerations of life support; indications for and essential steps leading to ventilator commitment. Partial support and weaning from ventilator. Lab practice with advanced modes and trouble-shooting.
RSP 377 Respiratory Care Clinical Experience III 2 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through RSP 277, and RSP 374.

Students will work under supervision in hospital intensive care and neonatal intensive care environments, assessing acutely ill patients, performing and evaluating therapies, and setting up, adjusting and monitoring mechanical ventilation. The emphasis in this course is the technical nature of mechanical ventilation.

RSP 378 Issues in Respiratory Care 2 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through RSP 277, RSP 371 through RSP 375, and RSP 377.
Clinical practice guidelines, pathways and case management; medical documentation and reimbusement; preparation for national exams; self-assessment testing.
RSP 379 Special Population Assessments and Management 2 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through RSP 277, RSP 371 through RSP 375, and RSP 377.
Recognizing and managing diversity and special needs. Teaching and treating people with obstacles to learning due to factors such as disability, age, ethnicity or culture. Providing care in homes, skilled nursing faciltities and hospices.
RSP 384 Respiratory Care Clinical Experience IV 5 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: Successful completion of RSP 271 through RSP 277, RSP 371 through RSP 375, and RSP 377.

Students will work under supervision in a hospital environment with a concentration in adjusting and monitoring mechanical ventilation on critical care adult and neonate patients. Students will incorporate diagnostic information to guide decisions regarding ventilator management of critically ill patients. Critical thinking skills will be used to prepare cases for clinical care conferences.

RUS 102 Elementary Russian II 4 cr.
  • Offered: After every two RUS 101 offerings
  • Prerequisites: RUS 101.

RUS 102 is a continuation of RUS 101, where students will continue to study the Russian language and culture of the people who speak it.

RUS 311 Russian Literature 4 cr.
  • Offered: Contact Department
  • Prerequisites: EN 211 and sophomore standing.

A survey of translated works of literature from Russia, stressing historical development and comparative analysis. 

Notes:

Cross Listed with EN 311 World Literature: Russia.

SL 150 Introduction to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall Winter

Introduction to modern linguistic theory and the biological, cognitive, and cultural bases of human communication. Emphasis is placed on the role of language in society including language variation and the social valuation of dialects. Students will be introduced to disorders of communication and the professions that evaluate and treat these disorders.

SL 200 Phonetics 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: SL 150 and SL 160 or instructor permission.

Study of the acoustic and physiological bases for phonetic transcription of normal and disordered speech. Instruction in phonology and articulation of sounds of general American dialect, their disorders, assessment and treatment.

SL 257 Fluency Disorders 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: SL 150 or instructor permission.

Study of normal dysfluency, stuttering and cluttering. The development, measurement and treatment of stuttering are emphasized.

SL 320 Speech and Voice Science 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 160 and SL 200.

Study of the anatomy, physiology and acoustics in the production of perception of speech. Discussion of the normal parameters of voice. Introduction to the nature of voice disorders.

SL 351 Introduction to Audiology 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 160 or instructor permission.

The basic physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of the ear, pure tone testing and pathologies of the hearing mechanism.

SL 355 Language Development 4 cr.
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: SL 150 and SL 200 or instructor permission.

Theories and conceptual models of language development in the young child. The roles of syntax, semantics and phonology are discussed in relationship to linguistic and developmental theories.

SL 356 Language Disorders 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: SL 355 or instructor permission.

The theoretical language disorders in children with a focus on the practical aspects of assessment and treatment.

SL 359 Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorder 4 cr.  (4-0-0)
  • Offered: Fall
  • Prerequisites: SL 150, SL 160 and junior standing, or instructor permission.

This course will introduce etiology and characteristics of neurogenic communication disorders, including aphasia, right hemisphere disorder, apraxia, and dysarthria, as well as swallowing disorders or dysphagia. It will include anatomical and physiological aspects, as well as basics of evaluation and treatment of these disorders.

SL 400 Speech Sound Disorders 4 cr.
  • Offered: Winter
  • Prerequisites: SL 160, SL 200, SL 355 and junior standing or instructor permission.

The assessment and treatment of children with speech sound disorders resulting from phonological, articulatory, neuromotor, and/or structural etiologies.